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January 2011 Special Session
2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
January 5, 2011 - Introduced by
Committee on Senate Organization, by request
of Governor Scott Walker, Senator Vukmir, and Representative August.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government
Operations.
SB5,1,2
1An Act to create 13.085 of the statutes;
relating to: requiring a supermajority
2for passage of tax increase legislation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits either house of the legislature from passing a bill that
increases the rate of the state sales tax or that increases any of the rates of the income
tax or franchise tax unless the bill is approved by two-thirds of those members
present and voting. The bill, however, specifies that this prohibition does not apply
if the legislature passes a joint resolution requiring a statewide advisory referendum
on the question of whether the legislature should authorize the tax increase provided
in the bill and a majority of voters voting at the referendum vote to approve the tax
increase.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB5, s. 1
3Section
1. 13.085 of the statutes is created to read:
SB5,1,7
413.085 Bills increasing certain tax rates. (1) Except as provided in sub.
5(2), no house of the legislature may pass a bill that increases the rate of the state sales
6tax or that increases any of the rates of the income tax or franchise tax unless the bill
7is approved by two-thirds of those members present and voting.
SB5,2,4
1(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply if the legislature passes a joint resolution
2requiring a statewide advisory referendum on the question of whether the
3legislature should authorize the tax increase provided in the bill and a majority of
4voters voting at the referendum vote to approve the tax increase.
